weightlessness

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Extended weightlessness generally wreaks havoc on the human body, often disrupting the space traveler’s heartbeat, balance and hormone levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

It also established Sánchez as the first future Bezos wife to achieve weightlessness 62 miles above the Earth, just like Reese Witherspoon's TV anchor on "The Morning Show."

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2025

The crew, which included Bezos's fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter Gayle King alongside Katy Perry, experienced a few moments of weightlessness during the 11-minute flight.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

Once they reach space, they’ll be able to float around the rocket, experiencing weightlessness and looking out the windows at the universe and Earth below for about four minutes before coming back down.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2025

In the weightlessness of space, they would float around freely, and it was quite possible that an astronaut might inhale them.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins